An Egyptian refugee with alleged links to Osama bin Laden and other terrorists has ended a 79-day hunger strike after the Ontario government agreed to meet his demands for medical treatment.
Mohammed Mahjoub ended the strike late Friday after the government issued a written statement promising medical specialists would be sent to assess his health problems, including a knee injury and hepatitis C, which he says he contracted in jail.
Mahjoub, 44, was using the prolonged strike to protest his conditions at a Toronto jail. Mahjoub says he has been denied proper medical attention and visits from his family.
Canadian authorities have tried to deport Mahjoub, who has been held without charge in a Toronto jail since 2000.
He is accused of belonging to the militant group Vanguards of Conquests.
